Delroy Lindo

They helped rebuild construction, construction industry, transportation industry, critically, the health industry, the NHS, the National Health Service.

My mom was a nurse.

And when I was going into...

The reason that I went into NYU was because my original intention was to write a screenplay about my mom.

I wanted to write a screenplay about my mom because I looked around and I thought, huh, where are the feature films?

that have as protagonist a Caribbean female, a black female.

Where are they?

Now, there may be some out there, and I've seen one not directed by a black person, but I wanted to address that.

I wanted to correct what I see as being an imbalance.

My mom's name is Anna Cynthia Moncrief.

Sometimes she would go by Luna Moncrief, and that's a whole other story.

But my answer to your question, why do I need to do this, is because my answer is my mom deserves a story about her.

Yes.

And my editor said to me last week, I'm pretty certain it was in the aftermath of what happened at BAFTAs and the various stories had surfaced on the internet.

Essentially, people just giving me love.

And my editor sent me a text and she said, your mom would be so proud.

And

I know she's proud.

I know she is.

Thank you so much.